Indholdsfortegnelse for Fall 2025 i The Explorers Journal

TREES 43 FULLY GROWN WATER 3,440 GALLONS ENERGY 18,500,000 BTU SOLID WASTE 156 POUNDS GREENHOUSE GASES 18,900 POUNDS THE EXPLORERS JOURNAL IS PRINTED ON FSC®-CERTIFIED, 100% POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED PAPER STOCK. THE QUARTERLY IS PRINTED IN CANADA BY HEMLOCK PRINTERS, A CARBON-NEUTRAL PRINTING COMPANY. THE EXPLORERS CLUB IS COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING SINGLE-USE PLASTICS. THE USE OF PAPER ENVELOPES IN PLACE OF PLASTIC MAILERS IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY DONORS TO THE WORLD OCEANS WEEK PROGRAM. ENVIRONMENTAL-IMPACT ESTIMATES WERE MADE USING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PAPER NETWORK PAPER CALCULATOR VERSION 4.0. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: WWW.PAPERCALCULATOR.ORG. FSC® IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CALCULATIONS ON SAVING RESOURCES BY CHOOSING THIS PAPER.…

“IT WAS A SPECTACULAR FOUR HOURS OF SKIING DOWN A HORRIFIC SNOWPACK.”—JIM MORRISON On October 15, Jim Morrison skied down Everest’s “Super Direct” route without supplemental oxygen. He had climbed the mountain’s North Face via the Hornbein Couloir alongside 10 others, including Explorers Club fellow and Oscar-winning filmmaker Jimmy Chin, who is codirecting a documentary about Morrison’s historic feat. “MIGRATORY BIRDS ARE THE GREATEST ENDURANCE ATHLETES ON THE PLANET AND PORTEND A HEALTHY BIOSPHERE. HIGHLIGHTING THEIR EXTRAORDINARY FEATS THROUGH THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE FORGES A HUMBLING PERSPECTIVE, ENABLING US TO REDISCOVER OUR ROLE IN THE WEB OF LIFE.”—TIMM DÖBERT In June 2026, conservation scientist and Explorers Club fellow Timm Döbert will set out on a 30,000-kilometer, nine-month cycling expedition, from Alaska to Patagonia, to follow the flight of migratory birds. Learn…

acorn flour soufflé & madrone berry compote SERVES 4 THIS LATE-AUTUMN RECIPE IS FOCUSED ON JUST TWO TREES—THE OAK (QUERCUS) AND THE PACIFIC MADRONE (ARBUTUS MENZIESII)—TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SEASONALITY OF MADRONE BERRIES AND BARK, AS WELL AS BLACK AND WHITE OAK ACORNS. WITH ITS SHELLING AND MULTIPLE SOAKS AND RINSES TO REMOVE THE TANNINS, MAKING THE ACORN FLOUR IS NOTHING SHORT OF A LABOR OF LOVE, BUT WORTH IT. THE SWEET, NUTTY, AND SAVORY NATURE OF THIS CONFECTION MAKES IT A STANDOUT. INGREDIENTS: For the madrone berries 1 cup sugar1 cup water1 cup madrone berries, washed For the madrone tea 2 cups water1 handful madrone bark, crushed For the bourbon cream 1 cup whipping cream1 ounce bourbon For the ramekins 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted4 tbsp acorn flour4 tsp…

THE EXPLORERS CLUB 46 EAST 70TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10021 WWW.EXPLORERS.ORG | 212-628-8383 AFRICA Francois Malherbe africa@explorers.org ALASKA Mead Treadwell alaska@explorers.org ATLANTA Mark Hay atlanta@explorers.org AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Todd Tai anzec@explorers.org BHUTAN Matthew DeSantis bhutan@explorers.org CANADA Jett Britnell canada@explorers.org CHICAGO/GREAT LAKES Deana Weibel, PhD chicago@explorers.org CONTINENTAL EUROPE Ief Winckelmans continentaleurope@explorers.org EAST & SOUTH ASIA Arnaud Humbert eastandsouthasia@explorers.org FLORIDA Tina Chiarelli, PhD, FRGS florida@explorers.org GEORGE ROGERS CLARK David Collette georgerogersclark@explorers.org GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND Rory Golden greatbritainireland@explorers.org GREATER PIEDMONT James Borton greaterpiedmont@explorers.org HAWAII Gary Bowersox hawaii@explorers.org HONG KONG Adam Francis hongkong@explorers.org LATIN AMERICA Cristián Pérez-Navarro latam@explorers.org MIDDLE EAST Aron Arngrímsson middleeast@explorers.org NEW ENGLAND Lizzie Rosenberger Thome newengland@explorers.org NORTH PACIFIC ALASKA Joshua C. Lewis & Victoria M. Becwar-Lewis northpacificalaska@explorers.org NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Thomas Dietz, PhD northerncalifornia@explorers.org NORWAY Synnøve Marie Kvam Strømsvåg…

As I write this, we are still energized by the extraordinary Global Exploration Summit (GLEX) in Ottawa, hosted in collaboration with our friends at the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The diversity of culture, perspective, and thought we witnessed was nothing short of inspiring. These gatherings are more than conferences—they are catalysts for the future of exploration, laying the foundation for a truly global community of explorers. The Explorers Club has always stood for excellence, but excellence today must be defined in broader, more inclusive terms. Our strength lies not only in legendary expeditions or historic firsts, but also in the way we convene diverse voices from every corner of the globe—scientists, storytellers, conservationists, astronauts, artists, and innovators. The EC50 program, which highlights explorers changing the world who the world needs…

James Campbell’s new book, Heart of the Jaguar, chronicles the endeavors of conservationists who have dedicated their lives to saving the jaguar—in particular, the prolific career of Alan Rabinowitz, who spearheaded the conservation of the jaguar habitat. Campbell says Rabinowitz, who died of cancer at age 64 in 2018, considered the jaguar to be “the epitome of wildness, tenacity, and resilience, capable of reshaping itself to fit a wide variety of environments.” Jaguars, which have ranged throughout the Americas as an apex predator for a million years, face innumerable threats to their existence. These threats have increased exponentially in recent decades due to climate change, habitat loss, mining, wildfires, and human predation. Prior to Rabinowitz’s arrival in Belize in 1983, the jaguar—long revered by Indigenous peoples prior to the European…

“MEMBERS OF THE EXPLORERS CLUB ARE A SOURCE OF GREAT INSPIRATION AS I CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THE WORLD. TO ENSURE THAT THE MISSION OF THE EXPLORERS CLUB CONTINUES, I HAVE INCLUDED A GIFT TO THE CLUB IN MY ESTATE PLANNING. I ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW MEMBERS TO DO LIKEWISE.”—David S. Press LM’18, Legacy Society Co-Chair Mark R. Allio • John G. Alexander • Alan B. Albright • Robert J. Atwater • Capt. Norman L. Baker* • Barbara Ballard • Robert D. Ballard, PhD • Samuel B. Ballen* • Mark Gregory Bayuk • Daniel A. Bennett • Josh Bernstein • Bruce Blanchard • John R. Bockstoce, DPhil • Jack Aaron Boggs* • Bjorn G. Bolstad* • Capt. Bruce M. Bongar, PhD • Brian M. Boom, PhD • Jill Botway • Garrett R.…

In March 2022, headlines around the world heralded the news of the discovery of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, which sank in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea on November 21, 1915, after being crushed by pack ice, which had beleaguered the barquentine since January of that year. Rather than marking a closing chapter in the history of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917, the discovery opened an exciting new chapter in marine archaeology—the fabled ship, standing upright in 3,008 meters of water, is serving as a test bed for a formidable new platform that is enabling researchers to document even the most remote sites in extraordinary detail in record time. Perhaps more important, the technology has land-based applications, which have the potential to revolutionize cultural heritage management at a time when so many…

The water along Denmark’s north coast often runs green and wind-whipped. Charts flatten that complexity into a wide yellow wash and call it sand. On paper, the bottom looks simple, but the fishermen of Thorup Strand knew better because their nets, their seasons, and their children’s prospects depend on what lives there. International bottom trawlers had begun to rumble through nearby grounds, heavy gear scouring habitats the local fleet had long avoided. Their request to explorer and journalist Klaus Thymann was specific and sober: gather proof strong enough to hold in a meeting room before nursery areas slipped past easy repair. On the first dives, visibility fell to arm’s length and the “sand” refused to behave like sand, so the problem declared itself. Timing the next attempt for clearer water…

WHEN IT COMES TO APOLLO 11 HISTORY, STEVE BALES ISN’T A HOUSEHOLD NAME LIKE NEIL ARMSTRONG, BUZZ ALDRIN, OR MIKE COLLINS. BUT YOU COULD SAY THAT HE WAS AS IMPORTANT TO THE HISTORIC LUNAR LANDING ON JULY 20, 1969, AS THAT TRIO OF ASTRONAUTS WERE. DURING THE POWERED DESCENT OF THE LUNAR MODULE, WHICH HOUSED ARMSTRONG AND ALDRIN, TWO WARNING LIGHTS UNEXPECTEDLY FLASHED AT MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON. THEY WERE 1201 AND 1202 ALARMS. BALES, 26 AT THE TIME, QUICKLY HAD TO DECIDE WHETHER TO ABORT OR OVERRIDE THE WARNINGS WITH A “GO.” FROM SEVERAL SIMULATIONS BEFORE THE FLIGHT, BALES SUSPECTED THE WARNINGS WERE FALSE ALERTS DUE TO THE COMPUTERS BEING OVERLOADED WITH COMMANDS. SO, HE BOLDLY BARKED, “GO.” HAD HE NOT, HISTORY WOULD NOT BE WHAT IT IS TODAY.…